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Windows that Double as LCD Monitors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everything-should-be-multi-purpose dept.

Mynister writes "The AP has a story about the windows of the future they can go from clear to opaque and the can also act as an LCD TV or Computer Monitor. They accomplish it by placing a LCD Screen over the window and embed the speakers in the frame."

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  1. WIll these new windows BSOD? by bluethundr · · Score: 1, Funny

    The AP has a story about the windows of the future they can go from clear to opaque and the can also act as an LCD TV or Computer Monitor.

    Does Bill Gates know about this development? I smell a lawsuit...

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    1. Re:WIll these new windows BSOD? by carlos_benj · · Score: 3, Funny

      BSOD? It says they can go from clear to opaque.

      "Dang! I was lookin' out the window when all of a sudden, BANG, it just went all blue for no reason."

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  2. Future? by Malicious · · Score: 4, Funny
    If they already have them, wouldn't that make them the windows of the Now?

    Further, can they legally call them the 'W' word?

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    1. Re:Future? by Orion442 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "an opening especially in the wall of a building for admission of light and air that is usually closed by casements or sashes containing transparent material (as glass) and capable of being opened and shut" seems a bit wordy

  3. Useful for me... by kneecarrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would love it if I could flip a switch and my window would show an image instead of me being able to see my "generously-proportioned" neighbour empty his garbage in the nude. Yes, yes... I know I could also use curtains... but that's so low-tech!

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    1. Re:Useful for me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Even better, you could put up an image so that those looking in get a good view.

      You could display an image of the centerfold of the month getting undressed, and eveyone on the block would think you had a really fantastic date!

  4. Can you hack them? by MrDigital · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, imagine the world of that hot girl you live beside undressing behind her opaque window and you change it to transparent.

    Glorious!

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  5. Hmm... by locutus_borg · · Score: 1, Funny

    So instead of windows crashing.. does that mean it windows will shatter instead?
    *Sorry bad joke but it had to be made!

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  6. The last thing... by addie · · Score: 2, Funny

    that most computer users need is to block out more of the outside world.

    I recommend a window BESIDE your monitor.

  7. I swear I'm watching TV... by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Are you staring at our neighbor's teenage daughter sunbathing again, you pervert?!"
    "No, I swear I'm watching TV..."

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  8. Backyard Baseball by Libertarian_Geek · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, there has been a dramatic drop in backyard baseball games due to finincial risks.

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  9. Never Happen by overshoot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft will sue them for trademark violation -- after all, it's "Windows" in the context of a computer display.

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  10. Hell no! by jhagler · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's my porn, I'm not sharing with the neighbors.

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  11. Who writes this crap? by b00m3rang · · Score: 4, Funny
    "This concept car, of sorts, for houses"
    Wouldn't that make it a concept house?
    "Officials say the speakers are high-fidelity"
    Whew, I was beginning to worry they weren't going to include any accurate performance specifications.
  12. Re:Windows that change opacity by dasmegabyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's this great new device that accomplishes this. I just had it installed in my den.

    It's called "curtains." They install a fibrous semi-transparent membrane over an organic dowel. And it was only $79.95 at some technology wwarehouse called "linens and things!"

    While we were there, we picked up this other awesome device that reduces the the effect of water cohesion after a shower...they called it a "towel"...god I love the 21st century!

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  13. The future windows....... by stfvon007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So whats the weather outside?
    I dont know, the windows crashed. All I can see is the blue sky of death....

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